Nah, he would also be stealing from the the companies who create the package material and who do the actual packaging. Not to mention the people hired to run the store itself. They all have to be paid out of the sale of the CD.

When I started college they still had their keypunch machine sitting in the computer room. Thank Dog we were already onto those keyboards with the lined paper feeding through the middle. People would fight to get one of the two available CRTs. When I started my first job our printer was booted/connected using punch cards. Suddenly... I... feel... old.

I'll give up my physical box games when they pry them from my cold, ergonomically-incorrect-mouse-induced-carpel-tunneled hands. Part of my enjoyment comes from actually going out to a store and picking up the merchandise and checking out the pictures on the back and reading the game preview. Then after purchasing it I have it in the plastic bag (which I keep for secondary uses such as lunchs and pet debris collection) and glance at it from the corner of my eye as it sits on the passenger seat. The excitement grows until I finally get it home and installed. Hell, it's almost like actually having a date!

"Finally I won't have to huddle around a pile of tinder in the forest, rubbing two iPhones together just to get a spark to light my campfire." - I think they have an app for that.

Still, better than my 1 of 100 average.

That used to be called "sultry" in B.P.C. (Before Political Correctness). Of course smoking used to be cool in movies. Now organizations count the number of light-ups in each film. "Good. Bad. I'm the guy with the cough.".

I just want to know; can I sue if my 911 call is delayed due to my downloading of porn while engaged in asphyxiation-heightened auto-erotica?

However, if the model shows tempatures are warming. Then the model is accurate. Because that is the consensus and the model is only confirming it. ;-)

On top of being expensive, I have a concern that such a huge system would be extrememly hard to upgrade on a consistent basis. My experience has been that government computer systems (outside of No Such Agency) tend to lag far behind commercial IT infrastructures. Quite possibly due to the massive budget/oversight/scale that the government impliments. I see in our own environment the difficulty in maintaining the most up-to-date versions of our software much less implimenting new technologies as they come to the forefront. Can a beauracracy stay close enough to cutting-edge to warrant the expenditure or are they biting off more than they can chew?

The same points can be made for novels. It's been said that all story lines have already been plotted. It is the manner in which the story is related that makes for enjoyment in the reading. The manner encompassing character developement, use of descriptors etc.

I think "Paying attention to what your children are doing may lead to improved education, social interaction and general well-being." is a better warning message.

Actually, they need the government converter box to be able to use the television looted in the last riot.

Maybe she preferred that organ over another of his.

Or maybe it is just that those that commit crimes are in such bad shape that their only hope is in a religious diety.

Well, duh. Look how well it worked for the Democrats.